Cabinteely ^{Tidy Towns}

See News for an update on the 2011 Tidy Towns competition.

We took part in the National Spring Clean 2011 back on Saturday 9th April. Like last year, we were lucky to have a fabulous day and there was a great turnout of volunteers. See some photos here.

See News for updates on other recent activity.

If you'd like to help out, even just once, or have any suggestions, please contact us by filling out the contact form. It's not all about picking up litter. There is usually some painting, weeding or planting to be done. Also, we'd love to cover a larger area but we can only do this if we get more volunteers to help out. As well as helping to keep the area in good shape, it's a great way to meet new people and make a positive contribution to the community.

 

 

Cabinteely (Cabán tSíle in Irish, meaning "Sheila's Cabin") is a village in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin. It was once a rural village as can be seen from the layout of houses, shops and a church centred around a traditional crossroads.

 

 

Cabinteely Park is a public park comprising about 45 hectares on a portion of the land that immediately surrounds Cabinteely House. It contains many of the landscape features associated with such extensive properties of the 18th and early 19th centuries. These include the substantial boundary wall, gate lodges, ornate iron entrance gates, walled garden, circuitous approach road to the house, ha-ha ditch and informal groups of trees as well as continuous boundary tree planting containing a high proportion of beech. Cabinteely Adventure Playground is a recent addition and the park also includes soccer fields, woodland trails.

Cabinteely library is a Carnegie Library, built in 1912 in the Arts and Crafts style. The facade consists of rough squared granite rubble and roughcast render. Architectural features include a copper cupola, tiled roof and leaded windows. The building was renovated in 1972. There is a garden to the rear where a biodiversity garden has been planted by the Tidy Towns group.